KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — A video purportedly showing a student believed to be the suspect in a school murder case in Bandar Utama calmly walking while drinking water and holding a knife has gone viral on social media.
The nine-second clip shows the suspect wearing black gloves and walking as if nothing had happened.
The student’s calm demeanour has drawn a wave of reactions from netizens.
Police yesterday confirmed that a 16-year-old female student at a secondary school in Bandar Utama was fatally stabbed by a male classmate.
The attack reportedly took place in or near the girls’ toilet of SMK Bandar Utama 4 on Tuesday morning.
Initial investigations found that the victim had suffered multiple stab wounds.
Two sharp weapons believed to have been used in the incident were recovered at the scene.
Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail confirmed that a 14-year-old boy had been detained in connection with the case.
Petaling Jaya district police chief Assistant Commissioner Shamsudin Mamat said the victim sustained several stab wounds to the body, believed to have been inflicted with a sharp weapon.
Initial investigations found that the victim had been stabbed repeatedly with two different weapons.
The repeated stab wounds are believed to have caused her death.
